Bai Qingqing and Zhao Jiuge took advantage of the remaining light from the sunset to enter deep into the mountain. The Mysterious Heaven Mountain Range was thousands of mountains connected together. When they left the peak they were on, the surroundings gradually became silent. 

Zhao Jiuge was in a depressed mood as he took the lead and didn’t say a word. He silently remembered the route he took and secretly calculated the distance in his heart. He thought that they would have to turn around on the second day at the latest even if they hadn’t found all the herbs, or else they would miss the deadline. While memorizing the road, he looked around, searching for the seven herbs in his memory.

Aside from the occasional sounds of birds and insects, there were only the sounds of footsteps on the fallen leaves. The surroundings were so quiet that it was a bit creepy.

“Hey, why are you walking so far and not saying a word like a blockhead?” Bai Qingqing was a few steps in front of him. She saw the scenery become stranger and stranger and more quiet. She felt uncomfortable, so she pouted and complained toward Zhao Jiuge with slight dissatisfaction.

Blockhead. When Zhao Jiuge heard that word, his movements stiffened for a while before he returned to normal and continued moving forward. How familiar that word was—it was uttered by that girl that was like a jade lotus. It...